Diana Ross to perform at Heart to Heart A benefit concert from a legendary performer will wrap up an historic day for Kettering Cardiovascular Services. Hours after Kettering Medical Center officials dedicate the new Benjamin and Marian Schuster Heart Hospital, Diana Ross will be the featured artist for this year's Heart To Heart benefit.
The show will begin at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 21, at the Schuster Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets go on sale June 21. Concert-only tickets can be purchased through ticketscenterstage.com. You can also buy tickets that include the show as well as a special dinner and reception. Call the Kettering Medical Center Foundation at (937) 395-8607 for these tickets and for sponsorship opportunities.
This is the 22nd year for Heart to Heart, a benefit for Kettering Cardiovascular Services. Funds from the event have financed new equipment, community outreach and continuing medical education. The event has raised more than $3.5 million over the years, featuring such performers as Tony Bennett, Olivia Newton-John, Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald and Carole King.
Diana Ross has had a profound influence on American popular culture and has become an icon in the entertainment industry. She is an Academy Award nominated actress for her unforgettable role as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings The Blues, a Tony and Golden Globe winner, a bestselling author, winner of 8 American Music Awards and a recipient of The Kennedy Center Honors. The legendary icon will perform her greatest hits in a spectacular live show.
Her reputation as a woman of great style and beauty has put her on the covers of hundreds of magazines. Ms. Ross has sold over 100 million records and recorded 18 No. 1 hits. Her music became the sound of young America in the '60s soon after she signed with Motown Records in 1961 with The Supremes. She embarked on her extraordinary solo career in 1970, and has not stopped since.
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Funds raised from the Heart to Heart benefit will serve to continue cardiac care excellence within the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Heart Hospital.
Kettering Medical Center has performed more than 24,000 open-heart surgeries - more than any other Dayton-area hospital. In addition to more than 400 open-heart procedures each year, KMC does 5,000 cardiac catheterizations, sees 35,000 cardiac rehab visits and performs more than 40,000 non-invasive cardiac diagnostic tests for patients every year.
